Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development

The human person is the sacred element of every social and cultural initiative. It is therefore, the foremost presupposition of human sociality. The realization of its value within the social order requires the recognition of its transcendent value. This metaphysical insight reveals ontological rapport of the person and society within the purview of its moral and spiritual primacy. Individualism is a negation of society due to its inherent egocentric materialism. A social order of human rights, freedom and dignity is bound up with the spiritual resources of the person. A critique of metaphysics of human nature reveals this truth as a fundamental pedagogy for socio-cultural development of contemporary society.

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